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World Socialist Web Site Archive: December 2003

The archive below lists all articles that have been posted on the World Socialist Web Site by date. To visit the archive for other months, return to the Archive Monthly Index.

31 December 2003
Kissinger and Argentina: a case study in US support for state terror
Blair caught out again over Iraqi weapons of mass destruction
Milosevic trial sets precedent: US granted right to censor evidence
Gas explosion turns Chinese villages into "a death zone"
Nauru hunger strikers left to face death
US: Hundreds denied early retirement at Verizon telecommunications
David Walsh picks his favorite films of 2003

30 December 2003
Earthquake kills tens of thousands in Iran
Libyan government assists US aggression in the Middle East
Australian detainee at Guantanamo Bay pressured to plead guilty
SEP holds public meeting on the political crisis in Sri Lanka
Georgia: "Rose revolution" destabilises southern Caucasus
Part 2
Workers Struggles: The Americas
A song, an era that still haunt us

29 December 2003
Nine months after US invasion
Fuel shortages, blackouts heighten Iraqi opposition to American occupation
Behind the India-Pakistan ceasefire
Georgia: "Rose revolution" destabilises southern Caucasus
Part 1
Australian government joins Bush's "missile defence" system
Australia: A new round of fare hikes and job cuts in NSW public transport
Letters from our readers

27 December 2003
Washington scuttles six-nation talks over North Korean nuclear crisis
Behind the economic "recovery"
Hunger and homelessness in US continue to rise in 2003
US Justice Department admits abuse of immigrant detainees after September 11
Britain: Senior politicians condemn internment of foreign terrorist suspects
Lithuanian president faces impeachment
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
An exchange on Bolshevism and revolutionary violence
More letters on the capture of Saddam Hussein

24 December 2003
US media, government scramble to obscure criminal dealings with Hussein
Orange alert in US--terrorizing the American public again
Howard Dean rejects Washington Post charge that he is "beyond the mainstream"
Israel: Elite commandos refuse to serve in Occupied Territories
California Governor announces millions more in cuts
Sri Lankan political crisis heightens tensions in Jaffna
Australia:
Deaths in Sydney hospitals used to boost private health care
US voting machines: Will 2004 elections be electronically rigged?

23 December 2003
Meetings on 50 years of the International Committee of the Fourth International
Nick Beams: the program of the ICFI has stood the test of time
Two appellate courts rule against Bush administration detentions
Amid mounting political crisis Pakistan's military dictator survives assassination attempt
The anti-Semitism and anti-Bolshevism of the German Nazis: a letter and reply
Ireland: Barron report confirms British collusion in 1974 Dublin bombings
European battle over software patents
Australia's next neo-colonial intervention begins in Papua New Guinea
Workers Struggles: The Americas

22 December 2003
US military metes out collective punishment to Iraqi city
Influenza nearing epidemic levels in the US
Bush placates China over Taiwan, for now
A crude attempt to equate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism
On the social crisis in Oregon--and the political malaise in the US

20 December 2003
Howard Dean and the shrinking US political "mainstream"
Australian Labor backs call for execution of Hussein
Wall Street Journal's Robert Bartley dead at 66
Three-quarters of top US orchestras in the red - Detroit Symphony Orchestra faces $2 million deficit
Britain: Labour Party leadership paves way for the return of Ken Livingstone
Spain marks 25th anniversary of democratic transition
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
The slight and the reprehensible - Something's Gotta Give, directed by Nancy Meyers; The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick

19 December 2003
World hunger report: 842 million starve in the midst of plenty
Pentagon fired military lawyers assigned to defend Guantánamo prisoners
Under new prime minister - Canada's Liberal government veers right
Deadline passes with no sign of any end to the Sri Lankan political crisis
Desperation fuels hunger strikes in Australian refugee camps
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
The sculpture of Edgar Degas - Degas Sculptures, at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, October 11, 2003, to January 4, 2004

18 December 2003
Bush calls for Hussein's execution: a portrait of sadism and ignorance
Afghanistan's loya jirga convened to rubber-stamp an anti-democratic constitution
Russian elections: Putin consolidates regime of "managed democracy"
US: Another Senate Democrat steps down to aid Republicans
Spain: Prime Minister Aznar may face slander charges
British Columbia: Unions suppress ferry and forest strikes
Australian parliament adopts legislation to restructure universities

17 December 2003
Day three of US media coverage of Hussein's capture: no let-up in the hysteria
National tensions sink agreement on European Union constitution
Military's "espionage" case against Guantanamo chaplain collapses
Bush administration embroiled in Boeing scandal
Arrest of Zak Mallah: test case for Australia's anti-terror laws
French students protest university reforms
Sri Lankan health workers picket parliament
Thailand: 295 workers strike Nasawat Apparel factory
Letters on the capture of Saddam Hussein
Other letters from our readers

16 December 2003
The official US response to the capture of Saddam Hussein: a degrading spectacle
SEP public meeting - The political crisis in Sri Lanka: the way forward for the working class
Democrats praise Bush after capture of Hussein
Koizumi sends Japanese troops to Iraq
The Thatcherisation of the German CDU - The significance of the end of social solidarity
Brazil's Workers Party government expels 'left' legislators
Quebec: Mounting opposition to Liberals' class war agenda
Legal observer details police violence against FTAA protesters in Miami
Workers Struggles: The Americas

15 December 2003
Saddam Hussein's capture will not resolve Iraqi quagmire
US occupation authority suppresses study of Iraqi civilian casualties
As deadline approaches - No resolution to Sri Lankan political crisis
Berlin: 40,000 demonstrate to defend education and social programs
SEP statement to Berlin demonstration - Germany: education is a fundamental right—not a commodity
US and European leaders court North Africa

13 December 2003
Bush backs blacklist on reconstruction deals in Iraq
Iraqi "reconstruction" as corporate looting
US military kills six Afghan children in new atrocity
Britain: Blair government seeks massive hike in university tuition fees
US: Hundreds of job cuts hit Oregon's manufacturing sector
Australia: NSW teachers endorse 48-hour strike in February
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Peter Weir's Master and Commander: A case of the imaginary concrete

12 December 2003
War criminal to probe mass murder - Ex-Senator Bob Kerrey appointed to 9/11 panel
A young US Marine's death in Iraq - An interview with the father of Jesús Suárez del Solar
Florida National Guardsmen victimized for wedding Iraqi women
Eastern Europe faces HIV-AIDS epidemic
Sri Lankan artist speaks about death threats by Sinhala extremists
Spain: Catalan election threatens further instability
Historic Toronto theatre collapse kills one
British Columbia: Ferry workers defy government strikebreaking
US court case: Renewed attack on open source software
On the 40th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination

11 December 2003
With endorsement of Dean, Gore seeks to revive Democrats and contain political crisis
A holiday "gift" for the jobless - US Congress blocks extension of federal unemployment benefits
Pro-US Iraqi factions enlisted for counterinsurgency operations
Quebec: A socialist perspective to defeat Charest government's plans for social demolition
Rome: Mass demonstration to defend pensions
Heavy losses for Congress in Indian state elections
Irish budget hands millions of euros to business
New York City seeks to limit liability in Staten Island ferry disaster
Northern Ireland: Unions derail opposition to Bombardier job cuts

10 December 2003
US, Israel prepare mass killings in Iraq
Rumsfeld in Mazar-i-Sharif - A war criminal visits the scene of the crime
Longtime supporter of International Committee in US dies
WSWS arts editor appears on Wisconsin Public Radio
US prepares "Big Brother" system to monitor immigrants
Iraqi colonel says he is source of 45-minute claim on Iraqi WMDs
Australia: New laws cloak ASIO detentions in secrecy
Talks break down in Southern California supermarket strike
Two recent American films - Bad Santa, directed by Terry Zwigoff; The Station Agent, written and directed by Thomas McCarthy

9 December 2003
The Medicare fraud and the decay of American democracy
US media, Ashcroft silent on conviction of right-wing terrorists in Texas - Conspirators built chemical bomb
Spain: Aznar opposes pullout from Iraq
Australian film industry: the futility of calls for "cultural protection"
Amid Sri Lankan political crisis - LTTE offers reassurances to major powers
British whistleblower faces trial for exposing US spying on UN delegates
Portland, Oregon: Muslim defendants sentenced in treason trial
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters from our readers

8 December 2003
US air strike kills nine children in Afghanistan
Meetings on 50 years of the International Committee of the Fourth International - Chris Marsden: The split with the WRP and the ascendancy of Trotskyism
British hypocrisy at Commonwealth conference in Nigeria
Pakistan extends ban on Islamic groups
South Korea begins to deport migrant workers

6 December 2003
Meetings on 50 years of the International Committee of the Fourth International - Peter Schwarz: "The founding principles have been confirmed"
Colorado court strikes down Republican gerrymandering
US pushes through tough IAEA resolution targetting Iran
Marginal rise in US employment in November
Bush ally on the brink - Ecuador: Drug scandal rocks Gutiérrez government
German Greens conference supports eastward expansion of European Union
Quebec premier baits unions
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

5 December 2003
Oil intrigue and US Realpolitik heighten tensions in the Caucasus - Georgia's "rose revolution": a made-in-America coup
US-China tensions loom over Taiwan
Political impasse deepens in Sri Lanka
Alarming rise in suicides among US troops in Iraq
Student protests at Berlin universities
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
British poet rejects Order of the British Empire award
An exchange on "Medicare bill marks major step in destruction of government health plan for US seniors"

4 December 2003
Australia: Election of new Labor leader marks unabashed embrace of free-market agenda
The political economy of "New Labor"
Ashcroft defends US victimization and abuse of Maher Arar
US soldiers' families, veterans go to Iraq to oppose war
Israel: Air Force pilots reject participation in targeted assassinations
Spain: Congress belatedly honours victims of Franco
US: Regional, industry conflicts stall energy bill
A reply to "Sylvia Plath is hardly present: a review of Sylvia, directed by Christine Jeffs"

3 December 2003
Massacre in Samarra: US lies and self-delusion
Political stupidity or provocation? - Brandenburg "anti-racist group" attacks World Socialist Web Site
Cincinnati police beat unarmed black man to death
German Social Democrats endorse government austerity program
Investigations announced into alleged Indonesian atrocities in West Papua
Northern Ireland elections: Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein gain support
The California recall in historical perspective: Lessons of Upton Sinclair's 1934 campaign
Letters on the Michael Jackson case

2 December 2003
US military opens fire on Iraqi civilians following skirmish in Samarra
UN International AIDS Day report reveals growing pandemic
Friedman of the New York Times attacks London anti-Bush protest
FBI memo encourages local police to spy on protest groups
Mass protest against Quebec government's demolition of public and social services
Australian government moves to dismantle Medicare bulk-billing
Australia: Ansett workers still not paid their full entitlements
Workers Struggles: The Americas

1 December 2003
US military adopts "no-holds barred" tactics against Iraqi resistance
Michael Jackson's tragedy
The Michael Jackson case: the New York Times piles on
Indian elections reveal chasm between political elite and voters
Portugal slashes corporate tax and government spending
New York: Homeless man crushed to death by sanitation vehicle

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